John Louis Coffey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit circuit Retired 2012 · served 1982–2012 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 26 signed orders read

Judge Coffey no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Michael Amundsen v. Chicago Park District
218 F.3d 712 · 2000-06-30
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“we agree with the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants on Count one. We also conclude that the court properly granted summary judgment to the defendants on Counts two and three because Amundsen failed to sufficiently allege facts in support of his conspiracy claim and failed to file a timely appeal under Illinois law, respectively.”

United States v. William B. Hite
425 F.3d 365 · 2005-09-27
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Accordingly, we hold Hite's sentence to be reasonable.”

Michael Parish v. City of Chicago
594 F.3d 551 · 2010-02-03
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We Affirm the judgment of the District Court.”

Patricia P. v. Board of Education of Oak Park and River Forest High School District No. 200
203 F.3d 462 · 2000-01-31
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Because the district court did not err in dismissing Plaintiff's IDEA claim for reimbursement on the merits, Plaintiff's claims against the State Board were also properly dismissed.”

Angela Tyson v. Gannett Co., Inc.
538 F.3d 781 · 2008-08-19
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Under this reasoning, Tyson and Harvey are not similarly situated and, therefore, summary judgment was appropriate because Tyson failed to prove her prima facie case of race discrimination.”

United States v. Terrance Robinson
538 F.3d 605 · 2008-08-07
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We agree with the sentence imposed.”

United States v. James Jackson
549 F.3d 1115 · 2008-12-15
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Because the district court made clear that it would have imposed the same prison term upon him regardless of whether his DWI was classified as a crime of violence or not, we affirm.”

Susan Ulichny v. Merton Community School District
249 F.3d 686 · 2001-05-07
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We affirm.”

United States v. James Earl Jenkins
329 F.3d 579 · 2003-05-15
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Accordingly, because exigent circumstances justified Officer Tomey's entry, we uphold the district court's denial of Jenkins's motion to suppress.”

United States v. Russell D. Bass
325 F.3d 847 · 2003-04-07
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We affirm.”

United States v. Badayah Brazelton
557 F.3d 750 · 2009-03-10
Appeal (appellant) Granted in part

“Brazelton is entitled to a remand for re-sentencing.”

United States v. Victor Dean
550 F.3d 626 · 2008-12-17
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We uphold the denial of Dean's motion to suppress and AffiRM his conviction.”

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A historical record

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